Dibate climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dibate?

Dibate has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,333 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dibate?

The hottest day measured in Dibate between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 39.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dibate?

The coldest day measured in Dibate between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1946, at 9.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dibate?

Almost never: Dibate sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Dibate warmed?

Yes: Dibate warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dibate?

The wettest day measured in Dibate between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1962, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dibate?

The windiest day measured in Dibate between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1957, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dibate?

The warmest month in Dibate is April (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (20.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dibate?

Dibate receives on average 1,333 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dibate?

Dibate gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dibate (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,333 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (20.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Dibate averages 0 frost days, 144 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.

Dibate has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 9.7 °C (on 8 December 1946).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

DibateBīnshangul Gumuz

coords: 10.65°, 36.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.6°C

Average daily high

28.9°C

Average daily low

17.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,333mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

10.3km/h

Seasonal range

6.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

144 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

160 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.8 °C

Average feels-like low

17.6 °C

Average peak gust

27.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

40 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

39.1 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest day

9.7 °C

8 December 1946

Wettest day

117 mm

25 August 1962

Windiest day

23.2 km/h

27 April 1957

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

30 April 2011

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

30 March 1998

Coldest feels-like

7.5 °C

8 December 1946

Sunniest day

12.5 h

15 May 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.9 °C31 March 2025	13.7 °C26 December 2025	24.0 °C	881 mm	210
2024	39.1 °C8 May 2024	14.5 °C6 January 2024	24.2 °C	1,148 mm	202
2023	37.8 °C10 April 2023	11.7 °C22 March 2023	24.1 °C	871 mm	192
2022	38.1 °C9 March 2022	13.2 °C27 December 2022	23.7 °C	1,187 mm	177
2021	37.3 °C11 April 2021	13.0 °C10 December 2021	23.5 °C	1,081 mm	183
2020	38.6 °C1 April 2020	12.0 °C12 January 2020	23.6 °C	1,049 mm	187
2019	37.7 °C27 March 2019	12.9 °C26 December 2019	23.8 °C	1,256 mm	168
2018	38.1 °C4 May 2018	14.2 °C3 March 2018	23.5 °C	925 mm	185
2017	37.5 °C24 March 2017	11.5 °C7 January 2017	23.7 °C	1,110 mm	190
2016	39.1 °C29 March 2016	12.8 °C7 December 2016	24.2 °C	948 mm	205
2015	37.2 °C16 March 2015	11.4 °C10 January 2015	24.1 °C	789 mm	181
2014	36.2 °C24 March 2014	12.5 °C13 February 2014	22.9 °C	1,204 mm	147
2013	37.7 °C17 March 2013	11.4 °C14 December 2013	23.3 °C	1,050 mm	183
2012	37.3 °C13 March 2012	12.9 °C27 December 2012	23.5 °C	1,104 mm	183
2011	38.4 °C12 April 2011	11.3 °C1 December 2011	23.2 °C	1,022 mm	160
2010	37.6 °C13 April 2010	13.0 °C2 January 2010	23.5 °C	1,330 mm	165
2009	37.8 °C22 March 2009	13.6 °C21 January 2009	23.9 °C	799 mm	212
2008	36.2 °C26 March 2008	13.2 °C7 November 2008	23.0 °C	1,122 mm	169
2007	37.9 °C25 March 2007	12.7 °C14 December 2007	23.4 °C	1,064 mm	191
2006	38.3 °C1 May 2006	13.9 °C19 November 2006	23.3 °C	1,117 mm	156
2005	37.3 °C3 April 2005	13.0 °C22 December 2005	23.4 °C	1,128 mm	172
2004	37.8 °C22 March 2004	13.1 °C21 October 2004	22.8 °C	1,082 mm	161
2003	38.7 °C7 April 2003	12.9 °C28 December 2003	23.4 °C	1,013 mm	183
2002	38.2 °C25 February 2002	11.7 °C26 December 2002	23.7 °C	848 mm	182
2001	38.0 °C16 April 2001	12.7 °C10 January 2001	22.8 °C	1,107 mm	155
2000	37.7 °C19 March 2000	12.1 °C11 December 2000	22.5 °C	1,250 mm	140
1999	36.0 °C14 April 1999	11.8 °C2 January 1999	22.7 °C	1,273 mm	151
1998	38.5 °C6 April 1998	10.5 °C30 December 1998	23.5 °C	1,276 mm	178
1997	36.0 °C8 March 1997	13.7 °C23 January 1997	22.8 °C	1,338 mm	136
1996	36.9 °C13 March 1996	13.1 °C2 November 1996	22.9 °C	1,732 mm	135
1995	37.4 °C11 April 1995	13.1 °C10 November 1995	23.3 °C	1,164 mm	172
1994	36.9 °C7 April 1994	11.4 °C2 January 1994	23.3 °C	1,113 mm	155
1993	35.5 °C2 March 1993	12.6 °C11 February 1993	22.6 °C	1,266 mm	137
1992	36.9 °C12 March 1992	11.4 °C3 January 1992	22.4 °C	1,066 mm	118
1991	34.9 °C1 April 1991	11.0 °C12 February 1991	22.4 °C	1,205 mm	127
1990	36.7 °C11 April 1990	12.3 °C18 December 1990	22.8 °C	1,076 mm	173
1989	35.6 °C30 April 1989	11.4 °C21 January 1989	22.0 °C	1,244 mm	106
1988	37.4 °C1 April 1988	13.0 °C25 December 1988	22.8 °C	1,356 mm	153
1987	37.0 °C15 April 1987	12.1 °C4 January 1987	22.9 °C	1,230 mm	145
1986	36.2 °C27 March 1986	12.4 °C16 January 1986	22.7 °C	1,321 mm	158
1985	36.0 °C10 March 1985	12.6 °C17 February 1985	22.2 °C	1,678 mm	118
1984	36.3 °C8 April 1984	12.3 °C23 January 1984	22.9 °C	1,100 mm	147
1983	37.3 °C16 April 1983	10.4 °C26 December 1983	22.8 °C	1,256 mm	138
1982	35.8 °C26 March 1982	11.9 °C15 February 1982	22.5 °C	1,196 mm	135
1981	36.7 °C17 April 1981	11.8 °C17 November 1981	22.7 °C	1,108 mm	152
1980	36.1 °C18 March 1980	12.5 °C1 November 1980	22.6 °C	1,560 mm	136
1979	37.4 °C16 April 1979	13.6 °C31 January 1979	22.7 °C	1,254 mm	145
1978	36.6 °C7 April 1978	12.4 °C3 December 1978	22.4 °C	1,472 mm	132
1977	36.9 °C20 April 1977	12.4 °C23 November 1977	22.6 °C	1,722 mm	129
1976	35.8 °C17 April 1976	13.4 °C26 November 1976	22.3 °C	1,387 mm	142
1975	35.3 °C17 April 1975	11.8 °C29 November 1975	22.0 °C	1,663 mm	121
1974	36.2 °C24 April 1974	13.2 °C27 March 1974	22.0 °C	1,497 mm	113
1973	36.3 °C18 March 1973	11.8 °C13 December 1973	22.4 °C	1,544 mm	131
1972	36.6 °C4 March 1972	12.4 °C8 February 1972	22.4 °C	1,430 mm	131
1971	36.2 °C29 April 1971	11.0 °C25 December 1971	21.9 °C	1,553 mm	123
1970	37.4 °C8 May 1970	12.8 °C24 January 1970	22.4 °C	1,397 mm	135
1969	36.8 °C14 April 1969	13.4 °C17 November 1969	22.6 °C	1,342 mm	160
1968	35.2 °C30 April 1968	12.0 °C17 January 1968	22.1 °C	1,289 mm	129
1967	35.2 °C11 March 1967	12.4 °C28 December 1967	21.7 °C	1,120 mm	107
1966	35.8 °C14 May 1966	13.3 °C1 January 1966	22.8 °C	856 mm	163
1965	34.8 °C16 May 1965	12.4 °C1 January 1965	22.6 °C	972 mm	174
1964	35.4 °C11 April 1964	12.8 °C27 December 1964	22.1 °C	1,183 mm	134
1963	35.6 °C25 March 1963	11.4 °C25 December 1963	21.8 °C	1,304 mm	99
1962	35.3 °C11 April 1962	12.6 °C2 January 1962	21.6 °C	1,526 mm	100
1961	37.5 °C13 May 1961	13.3 °C17 November 1961	22.3 °C	1,380 mm	133
1960	35.4 °C22 March 1960	13.2 °C23 January 1960	21.8 °C	1,825 mm	117
1959	36.7 °C17 March 1959	13.0 °C30 November 1959	21.8 °C	1,449 mm	113
1958	36.3 °C28 February 1958	12.9 °C18 December 1958	22.2 °C	1,731 mm	122
1957	34.3 °C26 April 1957	11.6 °C23 January 1957	22.0 °C	1,442 mm	129
1956	36.1 °C10 March 1956	12.0 °C18 January 1956	21.7 °C	1,641 mm	121
1955	34.9 °C10 March 1955	12.9 °C28 January 1955	21.6 °C	1,793 mm	107
1954	35.5 °C12 April 1954	12.3 °C3 January 1954	21.7 °C	1,483 mm	121
1953	35.7 °C19 March 1953	11.1 °C21 December 1953	21.6 °C	2,322 mm	111
1952	34.9 °C16 March 1952	12.6 °C29 October 1952	21.5 °C	2,401 mm	109
1951	35.3 °C4 March 1951	12.2 °C14 January 1951	21.5 °C	2,080 mm	106
1950	33.8 °C28 February 1950	12.7 °C15 August 1950	20.7 °C	2,491 mm	65
1949	35.5 °C24 March 1949	12.0 °C26 November 1949	21.0 °C	2,094 mm	87
1948	35.7 °C16 April 1948	12.2 °C11 November 1948	21.9 °C	1,816 mm	115
1947	34.9 °C15 April 1947	10.7 °C4 December 1947	21.4 °C	1,718 mm	97
1946	36.6 °C31 March 1946	9.7 °C8 December 1946	21.9 °C	1,393 mm	124
1945	35.9 °C8 April 1945	11.2 °C10 December 1945	21.8 °C	1,237 mm	117
1944	36.3 °C15 April 1944	11.4 °C1 December 1944	21.9 °C	1,323 mm	108
1943	35.6 °C21 April 1943	13.0 °C14 November 1943	21.6 °C	1,813 mm	123
1942	34.0 °C18 April 1942	10.8 °C28 November 1942	21.8 °C	1,128 mm	110
1941	37.2 °C28 March 1941	11.9 °C11 January 1941	22.2 °C	1,157 mm	137
1940	34.2 °C10 April 1940	11.5 °C10 December 1940	21.5 °C	1,353 mm	116

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.2 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

210 d/yr

+66

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

881 mm

-452 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	34.1 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	35.1 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Apr	34.4 °C	+1.2 °C	6 mm	-21 mm
May	33.1 °C	+3.0 °C	31 mm	-96 mm
Jun	30.8 °C	+3.7 °C	45 mm	-160 mm
Jul	25.7 °C	+1.1 °C	234 mm	-68 mm
Aug	24.1 °C	-0.3 °C	336 mm	+35 mm
Sep	26.1 °C	+0.5 °C	172 mm	-56 mm
Oct	27.3 °C	+0.3 °C	55 mm	-45 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	+1.7 °C	1 mm	-24 mm
Dec	30.4 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.9 °C

31 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

26 Dec 2025

Wettest day

35.8 mm

16 Jul 2025

Windiest day

19.2 km/h

7 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

43.9 km/h

11 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

17 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dibate?

Dibate has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,333 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dibate?

The hottest day measured in Dibate between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 39.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dibate?

The coldest day measured in Dibate between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1946, at 9.7 °C.

Does it snow in Dibate?

Almost never: Dibate sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Dibate warmed?

Yes: Dibate warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dibate?

The wettest day measured in Dibate between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1962, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dibate?

The windiest day measured in Dibate between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1957, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dibate?

The warmest month in Dibate is April (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (20.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Dibate?

Dibate receives on average 1,333 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dibate?

Dibate gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dibate?

Yes: Dibate has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dibate?

In Dibate, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 30 March 1998, and the lowest was 7.5 °C on 8 December 1946.

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